Super K wrote:Alpha is so anti-Nole it fogs his windshield pretty damn good...

He's like a reverse Homer...

Yeah, but he KNOWS I'm not an FSU fan.

I believe my cross dressing buddy drunk posted me.

Nah...sober but confused. We all know you're a WVU fan...I didn't see the "If" part of your statement. Thought you were a closet 'Noles fan and holding out on the rest of us.

FSU will be a damn fine team. What I personally think about them depends on my wager that week. Personal feelings have nothing to do with it...(except when it comes to the Bucs but I don't bet on them). Regardless...FSU is more than capable of losing 3 games this year...and that doesn't make them any less of a damn good team.

The problem isn't with the program...it's with the fans. The fans (like many new fans) are blinded by the loyalty and incapable of seeing what non-fans can clearly see. That is, FSU plays a tough schedule. Starting on the road, at 'Bama. There aren't many (outside of the FSU fan base) that believe FSU is going to win that game. Could they? Sure. They COULD go undefeated. Just like they COULD lose 4 games this year. Neither is likely to happen. It's much more likely they lose 2 games.

I have to admit...it would be pretty funny to see them beat Miami, Clemson AND Louisville only to lose to some scrub team like Duke or Boston College...

Anyway...should be a fun season. Oh...and my title team is gonna be Washington.

Mountaineer Buc wrote:I think Clemson is waaaay overhyped right now in terms of polling. They lost too much talent to the draft and they are young. Their season won't be a disaster, but it will take a step back I think.

I am skeptical about Michigan's chances this year. We return only five starters from last year, which is the fewest in college football. We lost 10 starters on that spectacular defense, and while the defensive line should be reloaded pretty well, the secondary makes me nervous.

Eight or nine wins is more realistic than a top ten finish and contending for the playoffs.

The FSU game will determine their fate. Their defense is gonna be tough as hell (Diaz is the best DC nobody has heard of). IF they find a QB (and Richt has a track record of doing so), they have the easiest road...

Alpha wrote:I'm not a big follower of the Big 10 (former)...but I'm curious as to why y'all think Michigan is the team to beat?

Wisconsin is a perennial powerhouse and has BY FAR the easiest schedule in the conference.

Cheb...help me out...

Michigan is getting hype we don't deserve. As I've said, it is a reloading year, we lost a ton of starters. While we should still win a respectable number of games, we will lose to superior talent and not contend for the playoffs or the conference championship.

Notre Dame!? WTF? they look like a damn fine team. 1 point loss to UGA...and blowouts against everyone else.

FSU. Hate to say I told ya so...and that wouldn't have changed with Francois. I like your fresh. QB. He's gonna be tough in a couple of years. He played a nice game against NC State, all things considered. You're gonna lose a lot this year but your D is STOUT.

I know USF was pretty much the consensus pick for the AAC, but things are setting up quite nicely for a UCF to make a run at it. I know it's early, but looking at their schedules it could very easily be a battle of undefeated teams the final week of the season.

College football is awesome. Alabama and Georgia, if they have a close game, could both go. Are you seriously going to think that a 1 loss Alabama team isn't the best? Likewise, if Clemson wins the ACC they're likely in. They will have beaten Auburn, Louisville, VT, NC State, FSU, and ultimately Miami. Then what? Wisconsin?

Kress wrote:College football is awesome. Alabama and Georgia, if they have a close game, could both go. Are you seriously going to think that a 1 loss Alabama team isn't the best? Likewise, if Clemson wins the ACC they're likely in. They will have beaten Auburn, Louisville, VT, NC State, FSU, and ultimately Miami. Then what? Wisconsin?

If ND wins out they are in, but I think they will drop another game or two.

Kress wrote:College football is awesome. Alabama and Georgia, if they have a close game, could both go. Are you seriously going to think that a 1 loss Alabama team isn't the best? Likewise, if Clemson wins the ACC they're likely in. They will have beaten Auburn, Louisville, VT, NC State, FSU, and ultimately Miami. Then what? Wisconsin?

Clemson is waaay behind the 8 ball here. Not to mention...they could easily **** the bed again. NC State seems to be the best team in that half of the conference. Could a 1-loss, conference champion Clemson make the final 4? Absolutely. They most likely would. Their bigger obstacle is playing in the championship game to begin with.

I think it's HIGHLY unlikely that one conference sends 2 schools. It would take a LOT more than UGA/Bama playing a really tight game. it would take MULTIPLE conferences having weak, multi-loss conference champions and ND not winning out. And probably other factors as well (principally, the SEC not being all that good outside of UGA and Bama).

The "Final 4 Committee" has shown that they tend to favor conference champions and not the "best 4 teams" in the country.